Anthony Hoskisson, managing director of Financial Planning firm Questa, is undertaking a cycling challenge for charity.

Workers at Manchester-based Pareto Financial Planning have raised more than £1.2m for charity in the last nine years.

Cheshire-based Financial Planner Equilibrium has launched new charity fund to fight child poverty in the north-west of the UK.

The CISI Future Foundation, a body set up by the CISI to improve financial literacy, has been granted charitable status and can begin considering grant applications.